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[HTC Aria General] DanGeorges:
It all comes down to personal tastes...

I just renewed my at&t contract and got an Aria (free at Best Buy).

The reasons I went with this phone over the Captivate are:

Smaller, more pocket-able size

Pretty snappy performance

Price ($0 vs. $199)

Take home:

It came down to the fact that I didn't want to spend money to upgrade, and liked a smaller phone - The Captivate is pretty darn large. Definitely a plus for viewing web pages and such, but too big for me.

I'm new to Android, so I can't say which is better for playing around with ROMs and such (I did a lot of that with my WM phone).

But for the money, the Aria seems pretty nice - and from what I understand (from HTC support) is that the Aria will be receiving the Android 2.2 update via FOTA update soon.

...
[HTC Aria General] tekonus:
Similar situation here. The Captivate is a very nice piece of hardware. The services and software on that hardware, however... are another story. I changed over to the Aria after returning 3 Captivates for the same problem. I miss a few things like the awesome camera and nicer screen. Aside from that, I'm very happy with my Aria especially after setting up CM6.1 and SetCPU.
[HD2 General] tuck4x4:
for fear of being castrated in the Android thread, im asking this here :

Im following the above thread and using android on my handset, but the build I have, I believe its the most recent, is already assigned to a google account, simonkwame@gmail.com.

I cant access the marketplace etc because i cant log in on that account, and it wont let me set mine as a preference.

I also cant reset to original settings, because the build freezes when trying to do that.

How is everyone getting around this?
[HD2 General] RaiderX303:
delete your data.img file and you will be able to go through google setup and set your own user/pass

PS: it will take a while to start back up after you do this due to it rebuilding the data file
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cthulhu0dyssey:
Hi everyone!

I would just like to receive some user experience since I haven't found anything on the net or forums.

The thing is, my HD2 (HSPL 3, Radio 2.12.50, ROM Energy 6.5), after months of tests and fun, freezed as usual (like a normal WinMo) but this time did not start up after a battery removal ( or a soft reset button).

The first two startups were followed by an 8 vibrates code than nothing. I've removed a battery and tried to boot again but this time nothing happened.

The only action I can hear is the starting of the vibration motor while trying a Hard reset. No charging, no leds are working nothing.

Seems that BIOS encounters an error and stops, but where can I find to what error the 8 vibs code is related?

Any help, resolved identical story or information would be highly appreciated.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Proz00:
bootloader is work ?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cthulhu0dyssey:
Hi, thanks for your reply,

Can't exactly tell you if the boot is summarized before or after a bootloader starts.

From my point of view, it seems that he freezes on some BIOS check.

I tried to boot in both normal mode and hard reset but he freezes even before the screen is loaded. He only starts to vibrate (makes a little noise) than nothing.

I hope it's a hardware problem not some junky app that damaged the BIOS (if any)/xSPL so that I can even try to use my guarantee hoping that they will not know what kind of OS I have on it.

Regards
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TKhawk01:
I've had the same issue but I think mine vibrated 7 times. After pulling the battery and letting it cool a few min it fired up fine.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cthulhu0dyssey:
Yeah, seems it is some kind of an overheating issue. I've tried to cooled it down but seems that the heat already damaged something.

I've put it on reparation under warranty. Just crossing fingers they will not find out about the cooked ROM or the HSPL that was on it..

Anyway, thanks for helps guys. Will keep you updated about the resolution if any.

Regards
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mullaly:
I too have this issue.

1 vibration when phone powers on, followed by 7 vibrations in a row (8 in total)

It seems to happen whenever I use Android for extended periods of time (15min+ Android freezes and then when resetting it occurs) and is becoming more frequent.

Worked out that it was heat related, but not sure if its worth restoring windows and returning for warranty repair. Are there any easy ways to replicate in Windows? How did you go cthulhu0dyssey with the warranty repair did it solve your issues?

Also can anyone point me into the right direction on the easiest way to restore windows on the device, if that is what I end up having to do?

SPL: 2.08.HSPL (HSPL3)

ROM: Energy Leo COM2

Radio: 2.15.50.14

Android: MCCM SE V3.4 (SD) (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=841644)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] [The Punisher]:
Would be really convenient to try helping you with this problem if you specify your ROM, Radio, SPL, Android version/type (SD/NAND).
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mullaly:
Sorry, knew I forgot something, edited original post. Another thing to add is that when it happens if I pull the battery out and wait a couple of mins it powers on fine and boots into Windows/Android with no problems.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mullaly:
Just thought I'd send a follow up post.

I removed Android and loaded back windows mobile. After a while it just keeps rebooting until the phone will no longer turn on until it cools down.

Heat seems to be the cause. Guess its back to the shop!
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mullaly:
Just thought I'd add an additional comment to say I got the phone back from repair, reinstalled android and now the problem has gone away.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cthulhu0dyssey:
Update here!

Hi guys,

Same here, Leo came back form the repair (completely new hardware + SPL 3.03) saying that there was an known issue with one conductor. Whatever...

Was glad to find out Cotulla rolled-out HSPL 4 so I can finally enjoy Android from internal memory, though I hope overheating issues were solved 'cos I don't think they'll give me a warranty repair for the 4th time :D ...
[Vibrant General] SuperMiguel:
So i have a family plan with my parents... We have a 1500 minute account, i have unlimited text and web, they are old school and dont like texting or webing. So i upgrade my phone to a mytouch 7 months ago.. My parents are both elegible to upgrade price.. And i really like the Vibrant.. but t-mobile wants you to put a data plan on the line that you upgrade the phone... So my question is if i get the Vibrant using my moms phone number, Do i have to put Web on her line?? even tough she will not be using the phone.. I will Thanks
[Vibrant General] turbosix:
There should be a workaround for this, I would visit a store and ask a rep.
[Vibrant General] deviusdragger:
The Data has to be added to the line that is upgraded. and the data has to stay on that line for the required 2 years or untill you do another upgrade.
[Vibrant General] SuperMiguel:
this doesnt make sense how about if some one looses the phone, and gets a non internet capable phone? they are going to pay for a service that they cant use??

I mean the disconnected price is because you are increasing your contract 2 years more..

How about if i just want the phone for testing purposes and i dont want internet on it... or i want to use it as an ipod..

This suks
[Vibrant General] PolishDude:
there is a way around it, upgrade the line to a vibrant on your moms line....then go into the store a day later and upgrade the same line to the cheapest dumb phone, you will have to pay full price, should be about 50-60 bucks, that line no longer requires a data contract :)
[Vibrant General] SuperMiguel:
I called a tmo store, and wold told the same thing, that the data plan has to stick with the line that it was upgrade it, that i can use the phone with my other number, but i would have to play internet double :S WTF and that if i call tmobile and try to cancel that internet that they would charge a cancellation fee ($200) to remove this...

How stupid is this??
[Vibrant General] SuperMiguel:
ummm will they be mad about this since ?? like can they say no?
[Vibrant General] disturkis4u:
The data is required for 2 years. If you switch to a non data phone they'll make you switch to unlimited messaging for $15 on that line (best case scenario)
[Vibrant General] rsg_1:
Wait a minute. I though data plans only went in to effect once TMO detected the IMEI number for a particular SIM? I've done this in the past, and I understood I could do this in the future when speaking to TMO last week.
[Vibrant General] SuperMiguel:
well seems like if i buy a phone make a 2 year contract and then later on i buy a full price phone trough t-mobile i dont have to keep that data plan...
[Vibrant General] SuperMiguel:
well i just purchase it for $164 on the t-mo site.. Lets see what happens... You guys want me to update with the resolution??

btw if everything goes wrong i have 30 days to return the device correct???
[Vibrant General] lmfaznboi:
I work for T-mobile, there is a work around to this. but you'll be paying full price for the vibrant. the $199 price for the vibrant is so cheap because of the internet and the data plan is locked in for 2 years regarless if you buy a cheaper phone, theres no way to take it out unless you want to pay the $200 early termination fee, its call "Required data plan". its better just to buy the phone out right. if you really want the vibrant as an upgrade PM and ill tell you what to do.
[Vibrant General] pdxfilms:
I believe their return policy is now only 14 days.
[Vibrant General] lmfaznboi:
just to let everyone know, any smartphone you get you are locked in for a 2 year data plan regarless if you get a dumb phone, that data plan is locked in. I work for T-mobile so I know, there is a way to do this, its my company secret so I can't say it here.
[Vibrant General] SuperMiguel:
Well i called t-mo and they told me that if i buy a dumb phone for full price that i didnt have to keep playing data plan...
[Vibrant General] lmfaznboi:
if you data plan was before november of 2009 your free to take it off without cancellation anything after that it is required. you can try calling in but I gaurentee you that there will be a $200 cancellation fee on your next bill
[Vibrant General] SuperMiguel:
you said to PM you, that you know a way to get around this.. i pm you already...
[Vibrant General] infamouskim:
I called the loyalty department at t-mobile.

Upgraded my father-in laws liine and got ordered the vibrant to put on my account.

The cost??? $149!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Call the loyalty department!!

They even took off the web on my father-in law's line.

I had to call in a couple times though.

Depends on who you talk to.

Hope this helps.
[Vibrant General] polo045:
On your line, give that to one of your parents, take one of their lines upgrade it get the vibrant add text and web, and then remove all web and text services from your old line.simple. Hit my google voice number and I'll explain better for you, 2158217393. Tone.
[Vibrant General] LovellKid:
I had that happen to me when I upgraded a different line for my MyTouch. They will let you do it you just have to keep telling them you want to talk to a supervisor until one will give permission.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone Q&A, Help & Troublesh] webkyaw:
Hi all, been around XDA a bit with my Xperia X1. While I mostly like the X1, the slow processor and instability of many roms (gone back to SEX1, best 6.5 ROM IMO), I am thinking of going to another phone; either the Moto Milestone or the newly released Captivate (aka Galaxy S).

I like having QWERTY so I'm leaning more towards Milestone; also since it's not one of AT&T phone, I don't foresee issues with my $15/month MediaNet Unlimited plan.

How mature is Milestone on XDA Dev? Is 2.1 or 2.2 Froyo available on it? How is the stock 2.0 OS?

My biggest needs are email (LOTS), tethering (internet sharing), and good camera. I really like the HTC Sense UI-like home-screen (if it works well, not so well on my Xperia X1), and I like things to be speedy. I'm not that big on apps except a good RSS feed, Google Maps, and BING apps. Thanks for your input.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone Q&A, Help & Troublesh] Whoareyou:
Milestone won't get 3G on at&t plus its an old phone and hase a locked bootloader so you should lean mor tword the Captivate since they are working on rooting it now
[Motorola Droid and Milestone Q&A, Help & Troublesh] cloud858rk:
I think it will if he gets a Canadian one.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone Q&A, Help & Troublesh] wileyvic:
Don't waste your time with the Milestone unless you plan on leaving it completely stock, which judging by the fact you are here, you probably wouldn't want to. The milestone has a locked bootloader which prevents loading custom roms and at this point Motorola has been everyone unclear as to whether it will ever be updated to Froyo (2.2). It's very frustrating to those of us who were fooled into thinking we were getting the gsm equivalent of the droid. Furthermore I wouldn't recommend any Motorola products if you are interested at all in customizing or hacking your handset. Best to choose one of HTC's many more open options.

Vic

Sent from my Milestone
[Hero CDMA General] Russss:
LauncherPro has released a paid version. Here is the information from its site:

http://www.launcherpro.com/?p=130

"Introducing the new LauncherPro Plus!

So last week I promised you big news coming to LauncherPro. It took a bit longer than I expected, but hopefully it was worth the wait!

One of the features I get requested the most is to support HTC Sense widgets. It seems everyone wants them. Because of the way these widgets are built into the HTC Sense launcher itself, this is simply not possible. And since not every Android user has a phone with HTC Sense, these widgets are not even available to all users.

Today I’m glad to announce a new milestone in LauncherPro’s history. Starting today, there’s a new version called LauncherPro Plus, which will contain several widgets, exclusive to LauncherPro Plus users.

Upcoming widgets include:

People Widget – To quickly access all your contacts, or just your favorites, or a particular group. (Included in this release)

Bookmarks Widget – Quick access to your browser’s bookmarks

Friends Widget – Lists your friend’s status updates from Facebook and Twitter, and lets you update your own status too.

Calendar/Agenda Widget – Shows you a calendar you can scroll through to switch months, and also lets you see your agenda for any particular day right within the widget.

Messaging – Scroll through a list of your SMS messages or one by one. Quick links to delete messages, reply, etc.

I’ll be adding these widgets over the next couple of weeks. The “People” widget is available right now to LauncherPro Plus users. There’s going to be other features in the future that will be available only to Plus users too.

Pretty cool, eh?

Now, as you can imagine, LauncherPro Plus is not free. I’ve been working full-time on LauncherPro for the past two months without making a single penny. Obviously I can’t keep devoting all my time to it without making any money, so hopefully enough of you will buy the Plus version to keep the project alive.

The early-bird price for LauncherPro Plus is only $2.99 USD, and you can buy it today through Paypal using this link. The price will most likely go up once all widgets are included, so you’ll want to get in early to enjoy the discount.

I haven’t made it available through the Android market because unfortunately I don’t live in one of the few countries that Google allows to sell paid apps from. And there’s stil a huge amount of people (including myself) who live in countries where paid apps aren’t even available to purchase. (Way to go, Google!)

Another good thing about this new Plus version is that, if sales go well enough, I’ll be able to actually hire programmers to help me develop LauncherPro even faster. So even if you don’t have a use for these widgets, you should consider buying the Plus version to support the future development of LauncherPro."
[Hero CDMA General] cp0020:
nice!!!!! definately going to buy
[Hero CDMA General] madman2233:
i dont really need any of these features, but i bought it anyway to give thanks to the developer. launcher pro is pro.
[Hero CDMA General] radxcoresteven:
Can't wait to buy..
[Hero CDMA General] raz699:
Don't need these features either but will buy to support the best launcher out there in my opinion.
[Hero CDMA General] agentpower:
Sound awesome.in use launcher pro beta

As my regular.

2 questions. Does the people widget allow facebook contacts? Sense doesn't. And in assume all future updates are free for the purchasers? Didn't see that, just making sure.

If So I'll be buying tonight
[Hero CDMA General] cp0020:
just got it. its almost exactly like sense minus the launcher. cant wait for the messaging widget
[Hero CDMA General] agentpower:
So are you saying it doesn't support face book contacts?
[Hero CDMA General] cp0020:
no it does
[Hero CDMA General] agentpower:
Awesome.buying now.
[Hero CDMA General] rockypr:
Quick Question...

How are we going to get Updates? If the APP is not in the Market?
[Hero CDMA General] Russss:
I'm not sure....I'm amusing that he will send an email with the update
[Hero CDMA General] agentpower:
ummm.... FACEBOOK contacts NOT supported? I bought it and the only contats that show up are google and phone.............

cp did you do something I didnt?

App is usless to me w/o facebook integration
[Hero CDMA General] cp0020:
im running a sense build and have my fb contacts synced, i just clicked on all contacts and that was it.it sows all my contacts lol
[Hero CDMA General] steindog99:
I think there is some misunderstanding between Facebook contacts and Facebook info that gets LINKED into contacts you already have in your contacts list. Just to check and see, I synced Facebook contacts that were not part of my Gmail or Exchange contacts to my phone, and they do not show up with pics in the People widget. The people that I had as my gmail contacts and then LINKED to my FB account show up perfect.

Hope that helps...
[Hero CDMA General] agentpower:
Is there a way to get them to Show up?
[Hero CDMA General] Papa Smurf151:
I know in sense u can go to people and then go to menu and click on view and u can select fb contacts
[Hero CDMA General] agentpower:
Yeah but it doesn't let you do that on the widget
[Hero CDMA General] bcarter2000:
Syncmypix works. Its free from the market
[Hero CDMA General] agentpower:
I tried that.all it does is update the pictures of the contacts I have. I am wanting to make my facebook contacts into phone or g mail contacts
[Hero CDMA General] -Apollo-:
I wanted FB contact pictures! Boy was I (and alot of others) ever mis-led. I should have just stuck with the free version! :(
[Hero CDMA General] _Dennis_:
Not sure if this helps...I'm on a nexus one. If u go to the official Facebook app, settings, sync contacts then sync all if will make contacts on your phone for everyone in your Facebook contacts.
[Hero CDMA General] -Apollo-:
Appreciate the Noob guide! My contacts are synced with facebook, along with pictures. The people widget should reflect the same info as my contact list.
[Hero CDMA General] agentpower:
Mo

Here's what I did. The face book contacts that I wanted on the widget... I createda new contact with their name only...them I joined it with the face book contact. One in did that it showed up on the widget. I had to use the app syncmypix for the pictures though. Now they work fine.

Good luck.
[Hero CDMA General] terenceleechan:
you were not misled. just look into the issue at launcherpro forums. the solution is to use syncmypics from the market!!!
[Hero CDMA General] -Apollo-:
Alright you got me...I had not looked at any forums regarding this. Syncmypics did work...hopefully LauncherPro dude kicks Syncmypics dude down some money!! Thanks for your help guys:)
[Hero CDMA General] lineman78:
The facebook issue is partially due to the fact that facebook disables this feature of their app when it determines your phone is running sense. If you are on darch you need to actually trick FB into thinking your phone is not a Hero because it disables it's sync.
[Hero CDMA General] ItsDon:
And how exactly do you do that?
[Hero CDMA General] boydroid:
why are we supporting a app that just copycats senses features that we already have,i just dont get why developers do this and they end up removing there apps for the fear of lawsuits....just my 2cents
[Hero CDMA General] ziggy682:
Have you actually run LauncherPro Plus on a non-sense ROM?

In my opinion, it is much leaner and cleaner running than sense. Don't get me wrong, I love sense, but it definitely bogs down our old phones. Running 2.2 with LauncherPro Plus runs like a dream, and I get back the nice scrollable widgets that I loved so much in sense.

Also, there are many, many features in LauncherPro plus that sense does not have. There is the ability to set how many screens you want, adjust what the home button does, set up up to 15 shortcuts that scroll in the dock bar, hide apps from appearing in the app drawer (good for non-rooted phones to keep crapware from showing on your phone), rotate home screen to landscape, adjust highlight and press colors, and adjust speed and appearance of pretty much anything involving the home screens.
[Hero CDMA General] jastonas:
Whats wrong with this? Why dont the facebook pictures sync with non-sense roms and people widget? It works fine with sense roms..
[Hero CDMA General] blane73:
I have two noob type questions. One is when I hit my home button it reverts back to the the stock CyanogenMod CM6 page. Then I have to use home switcher to get back to Launcher Pro. I put the launcher pro preferences to enable "home key to default screen." even if unable this option and choose to have the home key action to do nothing and it will still revert back to the CyanogenMod CM6 page. So how do I get it to stay on the Launcher Pro homepage and is there any other option besides Home Switcher to get to the Launcher Pro. I'm running CyanogenMod CM6 vanilla 9/27. Sorry for the long post, just want to be as clear as possible. Thanks in advance.
[Hero CDMA General] rexant1:
you need to set launcher pro as your default launcher which you can do with home switcher
[Hero CDMA General] stayclean:
It also asks you to make it your default launcher after installing when you hit the Home button.
[Hero CDMA General] rexant1:
well that too
[Hero CDMA General] Dan330:
LauncherPro on CM6 is awesome! I want the Plus.. want to purchase it. does anyone know how to get it.. but I dont have a paypal and dont want to get one.

I am willing to purchase, just dont want paypal
[Hero CDMA General] Rustyd:
Haven't used this much in the past, but went ahead and bought plus for ASOP 0.3 ROM.

Will have to see how this works out.
[Hero CDMA General] jastonas:
Is google checkout any better for you? Thats how i bought it
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] what25:
Does anyone know how I can change the hand colors on the analog clock in Android? It's green, but I would like to try yellow or blue. I know, like in Cyanogen, the clock (as well as the power widget) are in cyan colors, so can something similar be done?

Or is there like a third party app/widget that looks like the clock but change colors?

Sorry if this is asked, but I searched on many forums without an answer.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yayramen:
There's quite a few free analog clock widgets in the market that allow customizability. I don't use an analog clock, I use Beautiful Smaller Home by Beautiful Widgets...or you can

try to ninjamorph it.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] what25:
@hollywooder

I have seen tons of widgets in the market, however I want the same background and hand design, with color changing option.